I went for my evening walk a bit earlier tonight then normal but even by then the wind was a roaring. Pretty darn frigid. Wore the face mask. But its done now. Wind is really roaring around this evening.
Concrete Catholic church completes years-long $2.5M upgrade – mlive.com
NORTON SHORES, MI - A years-long effort to renovate?and expand St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, a "world recognized work of architectural art," to the tune of $2.5 million has been completed.
The Norton Shores church known for its poured concrete facade?now has a more visible main entrance along with other improvements.
"We have a church here that's a world recognized work of architectural art?but there was no good door to get in," said the Rev. Charles Hall, of St. Francis.
What I Learned In My First Month of Going Off Grid
What I Learned In My First Month of Going Off Grid
2/26/21 by The Off Grid Outpost
Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/119710766
Episode: https://anchor.fm/s/2896f6b8/podcast/play/27481107/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-1-27%2F0ea9db87-d1e4-81e7-dcfc-93d2d692b1d6.mp3
Yes, it has been a whole month. And no, it has not been easy! Systems did not work correctly, weather was not behaving, and lots of money flew out of our pockets! But we are persevering every step of the way, becoming wiser, stronger, and more free. In this episode, Regina goes over the most iconic moments in her first month of off grid life.
Strange ripples on swirling hills seen in Landsat-8 images leave NASA perplexed- Technology News, Firstpost
Coping With Intrusive Thoughts
According to a post on the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) website co-authored by Sally Winston, Psychologist and Founder/Co-Director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute of Maryland, intrusive thoughts are sudden onset “stuck thoughts that cause great distress,” often focused on scary, sexual, violent, or socially unacceptable images, or even thoughts that go against one’s belief system. They can be anything that strikes you as truly horrifying.
But the good news is, for most of us, these thoughts hold no significance whatsoever, and they can — and do — happen to everyone. “Everybody has thoughts that kind of go against who they are,” says Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an author of studies on intrusive thoughts.
Abramowitz says intrusive thoughts can be made up of all kinds of troublesome scenarios. “A normal intrusive thought would be, you're sitting around and your wife told you that she was going to be home by 4:00 and now it's 4:15. The thought goes through your mind — what if she had a car accident? You get an image of her body thrown on the street and broken glass everywhere. It's a terribly upsetting idea. Or, you're married or involved in an intimate relationship, and you think — what if I cheated on my partner? Or, people who are very religious will often have some sort of blasphemous image about who they worship, or about acting out in their house of worship,” he explains.
For Cuomo, hardball tactics, intimidation and now allegations of harassment
The phone rang just before midnight on Jan. 11, 2012. The caller, Howard B. Glaser, who was Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's bellicose director of state operations, had learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had just filed comments unfavorable to the state's impact studies on hydrofracking.
Glaser was on a mission to have the EPA analysis rescinded before the midnight deadline for receiving public comments expired. At that time, the Cuomo administration was on a path to approve the controversial natural gas drilling technique in New York — a position that would be reversed months later. Judith Enck, then the regional administrator for the EPA's Region 2, which includes New York and New Jersey, answered the call.
People Share When They Realized Life Was Changing : NPR
It has been nearly a year since much of the U.S. entered coronavirus-related lockdowns. For many people, they're approaching the anniversary of when they realized that life as they knew it was being fundamentally altered from how it had been a month, a week or even a day earlier.
The work-from-home era began. Bare grocery store shelves, empty subway cars, the absence of rush-hour traffic all seemed like post-apocalyptic scenes. Things that people often took for granted — like hugs, seeing friends at birthday parties, dinners out together and midday coffee runs with colleagues — were no longer considered safe and harmless as they had been before.
Professional sports leagues canceled or postponed entire seasons, and celebrities like Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Around the world, there was still so much unknown about the coronavirus and so much uncertainty about how life would look in two weeks — let alone one year later.